Arif Abdul Mateen: Pakistan’s lonesome Punjabi poet

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A cover of Aklapay De Musafir. Source: Supplied

Those who knew this poet, say that his poetry was a reflection of his painful life.


In our weekly literary series, ‘Kitabaan Di Parchol’, our Lahore correspondent shines a light on the emotionally-charged Arif Abdul Mateen’s collection of poems, Aklapay Da Musafir, which drips with the poet’s emotions arising from loneliness.

Click on the player at the top of this page to listen to this feature in Punjabi.

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